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The National Martyrs Cemetery of Albania is the largest cemetery in Albania

The National Martyrs Cemetery of Albania is the largest cemetery in Albania

The National Martyrs Cemetery of Albania is the largest cemetery in Albania, located on a hill overlooking Tirana. Some 900 partisans who died during World War II are buried in the cemetery. This cemetery holds the remains of 900 partisans who fought for Tirana in WWII. The 12m-high dynamic white statue of Mother Albania, inaugurated [Continue]

The information of martyrs’ cemetery

The information of martyrs’ cemetery

This is the cemetery where the remains of 900 partisans that fought for Tirana are buried. Here one can also find the 12m statue of Mother Albania (1972). Hoxha was buried here in 1985 but exhumed in 1992 and moved to the other side of the city The Martyrs’ Cemetery is the chief burial site [Continue]